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into an entertainment capital.

Work on the complex started in last June and is expected to be finished in 18 months. A 20- storey tower, rising more than 230 ft. above the ground, will contain the casino, convention centres, bars, restaurants and 17 accommodation floors with

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rubble and gravel and then into stiff clay. Timber

piles, for the abutments of the old Vauxhall Bridge,

were also encountered. Architects for the projects are Chapman Taylor Partners, and R.J. Crocker & Partners of Bromley, Kent, are the consulting en- gineers.

Australia's first casino to be completed soon

Australia's first casino will open in Tasmania at the end of this year. The casino is the first stage of a A$3,500,000 project to turn Wrest Point Hotel

Australia's first casino in Tasmania

34 luxury suites and 170 bedrooms. The tower will be topped by a glass dome housing a revolving restaurant.

Meanwhile, plans have also been announced for a second casino in Tasmania. A A$2,000,000 scheme for a 13-storey hotel-casino complex in the north- ern Tasmanian city of Launceston has been planned by a group of companies.

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